Need reccomendations for small business ISPs in Midtown Manhattan
March 30, 2015 10:24 AM Subscribe
I'm tasked with changing our ISP and wondered if you have insight...
I work at a small non profit in west Midtown Manahttan. There are 4 of us here all using the internet pretty much nonstop all day. Mostly just browsing but sometimes uploading/downloading medium size files. We currently have Verizon 'high speed' internet and it's worse than my $30 internet at home. It's slow if even 2 of us are working and it constantly cuts in and out. Verizon cannot offer a higher speed and Fios is not available to us. They offered an additional line but it would be double the cost and still poor service. We also hate them as a company.
I'm browsing online for new options but I wanted to check and see if any of you have any suggestions?
I work at a small non profit in west Midtown Manahttan. There are 4 of us here all using the internet pretty much nonstop all day. Mostly just browsing but sometimes uploading/downloading medium size files. We currently have Verizon 'high speed' internet and it's worse than my $30 internet at home. It's slow if even 2 of us are working and it constantly cuts in and out. Verizon cannot offer a higher speed and Fios is not available to us. They offered an additional line but it would be double the cost and still poor service. We also hate them as a company.
I'm browsing online for new options but I wanted to check and see if any of you have any suggestions?
Rainbow Broadband is good. If you're the only subscriber in your building it is about $1k/month for 10 Mbps symmetrical (and more $ for more bandwidth). If there are others in the building you can get a smaller plan like 5 Mbps for 1/2 the cost. You'd need permission from your building as they mount a dish on the roof, and there has to be line of sight to be eligible to sign up.
Normally I go with Time Warner, but I have a client in midtown west where Time Warner isn't available and Verizon DSL doesn't cut it so they use Rainbow. I've used it at other clients and I haven't seen an outage in the years I've used them. They're a small company so calling company not only gets you a knowledgeable person.
posted by ridogi at 8:39 PM on March 30, 2015
Normally I go with Time Warner, but I have a client in midtown west where Time Warner isn't available and Verizon DSL doesn't cut it so they use Rainbow. I've used it at other clients and I haven't seen an outage in the years I've used them. They're a small company so calling company not only gets you a knowledgeable person.
posted by ridogi at 8:39 PM on March 30, 2015
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